Elliot looked down at himself a Eden continued to complain about the state of his clothing. No doubt the remains of his once pristine outfit were in ruins. He shrugged, a noncommittal and lazy movement that, when paired with the careless wave of his hand seemed to suggest he did not care what happened to the articles when he removed them. Elliot could afford to be careless. Eden would pick him out a new suit, and then buy one to replace what had been lost, as she always did.
Now that the child was in her possession he walked back to the desk and fell into the chair behind it. It rolled backwards a few inches with his momentum and the distance allowed him to prop his feet up on dark stained mahogany. He held no concern for what the state of the aged wood would be when he was done treating it so poorly. Which said wonders for Elliot’s lack of concern for many things. He picked up his coffee again and sipped it slowly as he watched Eden maneuver with the child. His expression was difficult to read. Balancing between amused and annoyed.
“I’m creative,” he replied from behind his mug when she, in a roundabout way, commented on his predictable sex life. Eyes narrowed as she requested a name. Not menacingly, but in thought, and he leaned back in his chair, holding the mug with both hands looking as if the name had escaped him. The child’s pathetic noises were making it difficult for him to think. One hand pulled away from the mug to gesture in the infant’s direction. A simple silencing charm, and the sound immediately ceased. He returned to thinking, taking his time and watching Eden as he did so. He enjoyed testing her seemingly endless patience.
The warlock tried to drum up some memory of the headstone, or at the very least and article he had read. After two long minutes of this process, he snapped his fingers, index unfolding to point at Eden’s new ward triumphantly. “Ethan. It’s name is Ethan.”
He didn’t seem interested in referring to the child as an actual person, insofar it was still just a tool to him. One of the many things at his disposal. Another sip of coffee. “Don’t let it die?” He sounded like he was guessing. As if there were some trick to her question that he wasn’t grasping.
Now that the child was in her possession he walked back to the desk and fell into the chair behind it. It rolled backwards a few inches with his momentum and the distance allowed him to prop his feet up on dark stained mahogany. He held no concern for what the state of the aged wood would be when he was done treating it so poorly. Which said wonders for Elliot’s lack of concern for many things. He picked up his coffee again and sipped it slowly as he watched Eden maneuver with the child. His expression was difficult to read. Balancing between amused and annoyed.
“I’m creative,” he replied from behind his mug when she, in a roundabout way, commented on his predictable sex life. Eyes narrowed as she requested a name. Not menacingly, but in thought, and he leaned back in his chair, holding the mug with both hands looking as if the name had escaped him. The child’s pathetic noises were making it difficult for him to think. One hand pulled away from the mug to gesture in the infant’s direction. A simple silencing charm, and the sound immediately ceased. He returned to thinking, taking his time and watching Eden as he did so. He enjoyed testing her seemingly endless patience.
The warlock tried to drum up some memory of the headstone, or at the very least and article he had read. After two long minutes of this process, he snapped his fingers, index unfolding to point at Eden’s new ward triumphantly. “Ethan. It’s name is Ethan.”
He didn’t seem interested in referring to the child as an actual person, insofar it was still just a tool to him. One of the many things at his disposal. Another sip of coffee. “Don’t let it die?” He sounded like he was guessing. As if there were some trick to her question that he wasn’t grasping.
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